LPG pipe lines

Pipe lines must be installed by:

LPG pipe lines

An installer with “LPG gas installation” qualifications. Welders with welder brazer qualifications.

Pipe lines in the liquid phase :

Overhead pipe lines

Seamless draft  steel tube: mandatory, AFG B 521.0 or NE A 49.111 or NE A 45.115 recommended

Buried pipeline

Seamless draft  steel tube with chemical and galvanic corrosion protection. Solacier or similar tube

Pipe lines in the gaseous phase:

Annealed copper tubes, plastic-sheathed types (wicu or similar) for buried pipe lines with chemical corrosion and stray current protection. AFG B 524.1 or AFG B 524.6 recommended

Cold-rolled copper tubes

For overhead pipe lines

AFG N 524.1 or NF A 511.20 or AFG B 524.6 or NFA 51.124 recommended

Seamless draft steel tubes, solacier or similar type

For buried pipe lines

AFG N 521.0 or NFA 49.111 or NFA 49.115 recommended

Seamless draft steel tubes

For overhead pipe lines protected by three coats of paint of which the first is rust-resistant. AFG N 521.0 or NFA 49.111 or NFA 49.115 recommended

High-density polyethylene tubes (HDPE) maximum working pressure of 4 bars. For pipe lines buried in trenches only and outside of all buildings.

AFG PE.63 or NF T 54.065 recommended

Electro-weldable device NF T 54.066 standards